Musical
birthdays today include folk singer Julie Felix (78), session
keyboardist Dewey 'Spooner' Oldham (73), Zombies keyboardist &
singer Rod Argent (71), original Country Joe & the Fish lead
guitarist Barry Melton (69), former Slade bassist Jim Lea (67), Yes
drummer Alan White (67), Pere Ubu lead singer David Thomas (63), jazz
bassist Marcus Miller (57), Boy George [né George O'Dowd] (55), rapper MC Ren [né Lorenzo Patterson](47), Joshua Radin (42), and ex-Sugababes vocalist Siobhán Donaghy (32).
Shoutout to the Great Beyond for Burl Ives, born on this day in 1909... for conductor Rudolf Kempe, born in 1910... for jazz pianist Cy Coleman, who would have been 87... for Motown singer & saxophonist Junior Walker [né Autry Mixon, Jr.], who would have been 85... for Four Tops bass vocalist Renaldo Benson, who would have been 80... for former Ministry lead guitarist Mike Scaccia, who would have been 51... for War sax & flute player Charles Miller, who died on this date on 1980... for lyricist Alan Jay Lerner, who died in 1986... for Henry Mancini, who passed away in 1994... for blues rock multi-instrumentalist Rory Gallagher, who died in 1995... and for Ventures guitarist Bob Bogle, who left us today in 2009.
Also on June 14th: The player piano is patented by John McTamanny of Cambridge, MA (1881)... Fiddlin' John Carson records 'The Little Old Log Cabin in the Lane', considered by many to be the first country record (1923)... Patsy Cline is seriously injured in a car accident outside Nashville. During her two-month stay in hospital, 'I Fall to Pieces' becomes her first № 1 on the Billboard country chart (1961)... Continuing their Australian tour, The Beatles arrive in Melbourne and are greeted at the airport by over 5,000 fans. Another 20,000 fans line the route from the airport to the hotel; army and navy units are brought in to help control the crowds, cars are crushed, hundreds of girls fainted and over 50 people are admitted to hospital with broken bones... The Mannish Boys and their lead singer David Bowie audition for the UK TV show Opportunity Knocks (1964)... Jimi Hendrix is in the audience for The Doors' gig at Steve Paul's Scene in NYC (1967)... At London's Lyceum, Derek & the Dominoes play their first live show... The Grateful Dead release Workingman's Dead (1970)... Led Zeppelin play what proves to be their final North American concert, as they close their current tour with a sixth consecutive sold out night at Madison Square Garden (1977)... Billy Joel has the № 1 album in the US with Glass Houses (1980)... A model of Culture Club's Boy George is unveiled at Madame Tussaud's Waxworks in London on the singer's 23rd birthday (1984)... Patti Labelle and Michael McDonald go to № 1 on the US singles chart with 'On My Own'. The pair recorded their vocal parts separately and met for the first time only when they attended a ceremony to receive a gold record for the song (1986)... Madonna opens her Who's That Girl? World Tour at Osaka Stadium in Japan... 30 hired hands move 800 rented NHS beds onto Saunton Sands in North Devon for the cover photo of the forthcoming Pink Floyd album A Momentary Lapse Of Reason. Torrential rains interrupt the shoot, and the team will be forced to repeat the exercise two weeks later (1987)... Diane Sawyer interviews Michael Jackson and Lisa Marie Presley on ABC's Prime Time Live. It is the couple's first interview since their surprise marriage a year earlier and is part of the publicity push for Jackson's album HIStory ~ Past, Present and Future: Book One. Jackson and Presley declare that they were a "normal married couple who hope to have a baby". When asked if they have sex, they replied "Yes, yes, yes!" They also confirm that a prenuptial agreement had been signed (1995)... Puff Daddy and Faith Evans are at № 1 on the US & UK singles charts with 'I'll Be Missing You', a tribute to the late Notorious B.I.G. (1997)... Mick Jagger is knighted in the Queen's birthday honours (2002)... Bob Dylan wins Spain's Prince of Asturias Arts Award, one of the country's most prestigious honours. Jury chairman Jose Llado calls Dylan a "living legend of popular music and the guiding star of a generation that dreamed of changing the world" (2007)... Ringo Starr's birthplace in Liverpool is saved from the threat of demolition. The house, a run-down three-bedroom Victorian terrace, is one of 400 buildings marked for demolition in the Dingle area of the city, but Beatles fans and city residents successfully lobbied to save the house, along with 15 others in the area. The Liverpool City Council have agreed to give locals the opportunity to fix up the properties (2012)... Merle Haggard is awarded an honorary Doctorate of Fine Arts by California State University-Bakersfield (2013).
Shoutout to the Great Beyond for Burl Ives, born on this day in 1909... for conductor Rudolf Kempe, born in 1910... for jazz pianist Cy Coleman, who would have been 87... for Motown singer & saxophonist Junior Walker [né Autry Mixon, Jr.], who would have been 85... for Four Tops bass vocalist Renaldo Benson, who would have been 80... for former Ministry lead guitarist Mike Scaccia, who would have been 51... for War sax & flute player Charles Miller, who died on this date on 1980... for lyricist Alan Jay Lerner, who died in 1986... for Henry Mancini, who passed away in 1994... for blues rock multi-instrumentalist Rory Gallagher, who died in 1995... and for Ventures guitarist Bob Bogle, who left us today in 2009.
Also on June 14th: The player piano is patented by John McTamanny of Cambridge, MA (1881)... Fiddlin' John Carson records 'The Little Old Log Cabin in the Lane', considered by many to be the first country record (1923)... Patsy Cline is seriously injured in a car accident outside Nashville. During her two-month stay in hospital, 'I Fall to Pieces' becomes her first № 1 on the Billboard country chart (1961)... Continuing their Australian tour, The Beatles arrive in Melbourne and are greeted at the airport by over 5,000 fans. Another 20,000 fans line the route from the airport to the hotel; army and navy units are brought in to help control the crowds, cars are crushed, hundreds of girls fainted and over 50 people are admitted to hospital with broken bones... The Mannish Boys and their lead singer David Bowie audition for the UK TV show Opportunity Knocks (1964)... Jimi Hendrix is in the audience for The Doors' gig at Steve Paul's Scene in NYC (1967)... At London's Lyceum, Derek & the Dominoes play their first live show... The Grateful Dead release Workingman's Dead (1970)... Led Zeppelin play what proves to be their final North American concert, as they close their current tour with a sixth consecutive sold out night at Madison Square Garden (1977)... Billy Joel has the № 1 album in the US with Glass Houses (1980)... A model of Culture Club's Boy George is unveiled at Madame Tussaud's Waxworks in London on the singer's 23rd birthday (1984)... Patti Labelle and Michael McDonald go to № 1 on the US singles chart with 'On My Own'. The pair recorded their vocal parts separately and met for the first time only when they attended a ceremony to receive a gold record for the song (1986)... Madonna opens her Who's That Girl? World Tour at Osaka Stadium in Japan... 30 hired hands move 800 rented NHS beds onto Saunton Sands in North Devon for the cover photo of the forthcoming Pink Floyd album A Momentary Lapse Of Reason. Torrential rains interrupt the shoot, and the team will be forced to repeat the exercise two weeks later (1987)... Diane Sawyer interviews Michael Jackson and Lisa Marie Presley on ABC's Prime Time Live. It is the couple's first interview since their surprise marriage a year earlier and is part of the publicity push for Jackson's album HIStory ~ Past, Present and Future: Book One. Jackson and Presley declare that they were a "normal married couple who hope to have a baby". When asked if they have sex, they replied "Yes, yes, yes!" They also confirm that a prenuptial agreement had been signed (1995)... Puff Daddy and Faith Evans are at № 1 on the US & UK singles charts with 'I'll Be Missing You', a tribute to the late Notorious B.I.G. (1997)... Mick Jagger is knighted in the Queen's birthday honours (2002)... Bob Dylan wins Spain's Prince of Asturias Arts Award, one of the country's most prestigious honours. Jury chairman Jose Llado calls Dylan a "living legend of popular music and the guiding star of a generation that dreamed of changing the world" (2007)... Ringo Starr's birthplace in Liverpool is saved from the threat of demolition. The house, a run-down three-bedroom Victorian terrace, is one of 400 buildings marked for demolition in the Dingle area of the city, but Beatles fans and city residents successfully lobbied to save the house, along with 15 others in the area. The Liverpool City Council have agreed to give locals the opportunity to fix up the properties (2012)... Merle Haggard is awarded an honorary Doctorate of Fine Arts by California State University-Bakersfield (2013).
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